Alloysius Uzoma Agu (born 12 July 1967 in

Lagos Lagos (Nigerian English: ; ) is the largest city in Nigeria and the List of cities in Africa by population, second most populous city in Africa, with a population of 15.4 million as of 2015 within the city proper. Lagos was the national ca ...

) is a Nigerian former professional

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who played as a

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. Their number one choice in the early nineties, he played 28 international matches for the Nigeria national team. He was the starting goalkeeper in the

1990 African Nations Cup The 1990 African Cup of Nations was the 17th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa ( CAF). It was hosted by Algeria. Just like in 1988, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Algeria won ...

where the team finished as runners-up and was brought to the

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and the

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as a cover for

Peter Rufai Peter Rufai (born 24 August 1963) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He competed professionally in Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain, in a senior career that lasted 20 years. Rufai represented ...

. Agu retired at the age of 30, after having spent most of his career in Africa. He has served as the goalkeeping coach for

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and in April 2008 was named goalkeeper coach for the

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* * 1967 births Living people Sportspeople from Lagos Nigerian footballers Association football goalkeepers Nigeria international footballers Nigeria under-20 international footballers Africa Cup of Nations-winning players 1994 FIFA World Cup players 1990 African Cup of Nations players 1992 African Cup of Nations players 1994 African Cup of Nations players Eredivisie players Belgian First Division A players Süper Lig players NEPA Lagos players ACB Lagos F.C. players MVV Maastricht players RFC Liège players Kayserispor footballers Nigerian football managers Nigerian expatriate footballers Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Belgium Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Turkey {{Nigeria-footy-goalkeeper-stub